<div dir="ltr"><div>The FAQ for the email story is just as entertaining as the story itself. He even talks about it happening "somewhere between 1994 and 1997" but not being sure.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html">https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html</a></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 8:19 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>It had to have happened far earlier but only was written up 2001 or so. SunOS 5 was mid-90s?<br><br>Still funny bit of sleuthing.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On February 18, 2022 7:53:03 AM EST, Pete Hardie <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com" target="_blank">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I remember reading that, but thought it was earlier - pre Y2K</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 7:50 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html" target="_blank">https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html</a><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool_______________________________________________<br>
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